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This image layout illustrates how NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope was able to show that a "standard candle" used to measure cosmological distances is shrinking -- a finding that affects precise measurements of the age, size and expansion rate of our universe. The image on the left, taken by Spitzer in infrared light, shows Delta Cephei, a type of standard candle used to measure the distances to galaxies that are relatively close to us. Cepheids like this one are the first rungs on the so-called cosmological distance ladder -- a tool needed to measure farther and farther distances.
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Carrara Challenge #36 - Pinups and Cheesecake and Hunks - Oh My! - WIP Thread --Meet Ringo Monfort!
This is the Work-In-Progress thread.
"Eyecatcher" by Edward Runci 1955
1. Introduction
Pinups or cheesecake (or beefcake) are images of men or women designed with an undisguised element of sexuality. These images, often highly idealized, display or mimic the human form in a way that focuses on - and draws your attention to - its inherent sexual attractiveness. In other words, a pinup is not just another pretty face. :)
However, even though the "classic" pinup - as defined for this Challenge - has a definite sexual component, the sexuality in such an image is more suggested and implied than it is explicit. Although the attitude of the model may be coy, saucy, flirtatious or even seductive, all such invitations are just suggestions or hopes for the future - more of a tease for your imagination than a "done deal."
Of course, what is considered as sexuality acceptable in a pinup image is largely determined by the aesthetics of the era. For example, there were pinup images printed in the early 20th century which look very mild today, yet they were considered shocking in their time. In the current Challenge, we are not looking to shock, but we do want to stretch boundaries and show how awesome that Carrara is in helping artists create pinups that "catch the eye." However, you can push the limits only so far. Please remember that we must follow the Daz TOS, which prohibits nudity.
To summarize, in a classic pinup, there is undeniable eye-catching sex appeal. And yet, even though a lot of skin may be showing (or not), there is usually a bit of an eye wink present as well.
In that spirit, we begin Carrara Challenge #36.
(Further pinup examples and explanations will be offered in the next post.)
2. General Rules:
1. Each participant may submit up to 3 images, but they have to be in at least two different Challenge categories. The three Challenge categories are PR, NPR, and Halloween. (see Sponsors and Prizes below).
2. Images must be new (previously unpublished).
3. Images must be "mostly" set up in Carrara.
4. Postwork is allowed, but it must not be the dominant part of the image. Posting images of before and after postwork is encouraged.
5. At least one WIP (work in progress) image of the Carrara setup must be posted to the WIP thread
6. The winner of the "Best Participation" category becomes the next Carrara Challenge host, and sets the rules for the next competition. But should the winner decline this honor, the winner of the next category (Best Photorealistic Render) will then get the opportunity to step forward and fill the role.
This Challenge started on last Friday, the 13th of October. On the following Monday, Philemo released the G'MIC pluging for Carrara, free for everyone.
To encourage exploration of the new plugin, I'd like to add the following requirement in Carrara Challenge #36 - if you enter all three render categories (PR, NPR, and Halloween), at least one of your renders must include the use of the G'MIC plugin. It can be used anywhere in the process, and not necessarily the final render.
If you only enter one or two categories, this rule does not apply - unless you just want to have fun exploring the new plugin.
4. Sponsors and prizes
Once again Daz will generously sponsor the monthly Challenge.
Our Carrara PA sponsor this month is - drum roll - Ringo Monfort!! Details to follow.
Once again, I propose a slightly different prize format this month (and it has again been OK'd by DAZ). For this contest, there are different categories, much like the Academy Awards (Oscars) and the prizes are all more-or-less equal. An artist can win only one of the Daz prizes, but can win both a Daz prize and a PA prize. Comments about this are again welcomed. I explain the process in more detail in THIS THREAD. Please read it if you have questions.
The four categories are:
Best Participation (cumulative images from a single artist)
Best Photorealistic Pinup (hoping for some ultra-realistic pinups)
Best Non-photorealistic Pinup ( hoping for some classic illustrative style pinups)
Best Halloween Pinup (a no-brainer, this Challenge opened on Friday the 13th!)
This translates into:
Most votes total for one artist: $50.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s)
Most votes single image (Photo-real): $50.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s)
Most votes single image (Stylized or Non-photo-real): $50.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s)
Most votes single image best Halloween pinup: $45.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s)
Dates to Remember:
All dates are Daz Utah Time http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/salt-lake-city
WIP Thread Opens: Friday October 13, 2017
Entry Thread Opens: Friday October 27, 2017
Entry Thread Closes/Voting Begins: Monday midnight (end of Monday) November 13. 2017 (DAZ Mountain time)
Voting Ends: midnight Monday (end of Monday) November 20, 2017 (DAZ mountain time)
An announcement-only thread has been made in the Commons. Moderators have made it clear to not place a mirror thread there.
An edited version of this thread has now been added in the Art Studio forum. Please feel free to share your entries there as well.
A quick summary of the variety of entries you can create for this Challenge:
Past-Present-Future - for example, what will a pinup look like in the year 2200?
Military - recruiting posters and bomber nose art.
Advertising - Every type of product under the sun has used pinup models for ads.
Calendar art, movie posters, and regular decorative posters.
Fantasy art. For a small example, Google "Orc Pinups."
Holiday pinups (A Halloween pinup is one of the official entry categories).
Pinups in traditional airbrush cartoon style (Petty, Vargas), or as photorealistic images (Farrah Fawcett, Betty Grable)
Feminine or masculine pinups. This is an equal opportunity Challenge.
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Here is a look at pinups through four lenses, which will hopefully give you inspiration in creating your amazing pinups. However, the subject is vast, and because comments here need to be brief, this post will barely touch upon some of the main artists and genres.
1. Advertising
2. Entertainment
3. Military Morale
4. Holiday Spirit
All of the images below are clickable.
In late 19th century Paris, Jules Cheret discovered what is now an open secret in the advertising world - that if you add sex appeal to a product, it will sell better. Cheret, an artist and printer, was the Godfather of the pinup poster. His posters of beautiful women, which he posted on street corners to advertise local burlesque revues (such as the Follies Bergeres and Moulin Rouge), eventually became so popular that the French government began taxing them!
Cheret opened the floodgates. All sorts of companies began to seek popular pinup artists to help sell their products, which continues to this day. Here is a small sampling:
Best Selling movie poster
It is difficult to determine when pinups stopped primarily being vehicles for advertising, and began to also be appreciated in their own right as entertaining art. At some point, pinup-style art began to be used on calendars and posters, as well as stand-alone artwork in magazines. A list of the most famous pinup artists in the 20th century would include George Petty, Gil Elvgren, Zoe Mozert, Art Frahm, and Alberto Vargas.
George Petty - the name "Petty Girl" was coined to describe his style. It was so popular that a movie was even made with the same name. And of course, Petty himself illustrated the movie poster.
Gil Elvgren - "Splendid View"
Zoe Mozert painting her famous movie poster for "The Outlaw"
Art Frahm was known for his models with poor elastic in their panties.
Alberto Vargas was famous for his work in Esquire, and later in Playboy.
Today, a new generation of artists are continuing the pinup tradition. The 50's look is once again being popularized by artists such as Greg Hildebrandt and Fiona Stephenson.
Greg Hildebrandt
Fiona Stephenson
And finally, no entertainment category would be complete without mentioning photographic pinup posters.
The best-selling poster of all time was Farrah Fawcett, from 1976, with over 12 million copies sold.
Iconic Marilyn Monroe poster, fromThe Seven Year Itch
Arnold Schwarzenner back in the 1970's
The queen of pinups, Bettie Page
Military Morale
In WW1, US President Woodrow Wilson formed the Division of Pictorial Publicity to stir up patriotism and inspire new troops to fight.
This was one of the poster messages, which seems a bit odd today:
Here is a masculine call to join the Navy
In WW2, pinups really hit their stride. Allies and Axis forces both used them to boost morale.
The famous Betty Grable poster - 5 million were distributed.
WW2 was also considered the golden age of aircraft nose art. According the wikipedia, the practice of adding pinup art to the nose of the plane was "to express the individuality often constrained by the uniformity of the military, to evoke memories of home and peacetime life, and as a kind of psychological protection against the stresses of war and the probability of death. The appeal, in part, came from nose art not being officially approved, even when the regulations against it were not enforced." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose_art
Holiday Spirit
Holidays have always been a ripe subject for pinup artists, especially in calendar art.
Here are several pinups with a Halloween theme:
For Halloween pinup photos (Hollywood publicity photos), try this link provided by Diomede.
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Ringo Monfort is the Carrara PA sponsor for this Challenge!
I posted his profile here.
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Unfortunately, it is going to be mighty difficult to find anything in the Daz store to help with a pinup image.
On a less sarcastic note, I like having 3 distinct categories, PR, NPR, and... (Halloween?) . Well done.
Expressions for the "Gibson Girl" Jury duty by the "new women", via the Library of Congress collection, from their virtual exhibit, The Gibson Girl's America.
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Rules question - really
I did an entry for Challenge #6, movie poster fobia, that I would like to start over from scratch. Everything would be new in the sense that I would use different figures, model new clothes and acessories, set up a brand new scene with brand new NPR settings, etc. I think my NPR tools and skills have improved. However, I could understand if this would be prohibited by the "must be new" rule.
The question is, is an image new if it is a new scene with entirely new elements and settings? Or, is it not new because the basic concept (humorous NPR horror poster with Art Frahm elements) remains the same?
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Rule waived in your case. You the man!
Besides, you correctly guessed the Challenge theme. Extra points! Diomede in the early lead!
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UnifiedBrain said:Rule waived in your case. You the man!
Besides, you correctly guessed the Challenge theme. Extra points! Diomede in the early lead!
Headwax Posts: 9,914
very interesting choce :)
here's something of mine from quite a while ago
not an entry , you've probably heard of Ernie Schlanganblinder?
UnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588Diomede said:
The question is, is an image new if it is a new scene with entirely new elements and settings? Or, is it not new because the basic concept (humorous NPR horror poster with Art Frahm elements) remains the same?
Sorry, was in a hurry and gave a joking (but true) answer.
I actually remember your entry from that Challenge, as I have researched most of them. What a resource! And we have you to thank for setting it up.
I think that Art Frahm images are amazing. Anyone here who does an homage to Frahm is going to get some slack. Second, if it is "a new scene with entirely new elements and settings," then it sounds different enough to be "new."
Looking forward to seeing where you go with this!
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UnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588head wax said:
very interesting choce :)
here's something of mine from quite a while ago
not an entry , you've probably heard of Ernie Schlanganblinder?
Ha! Yes, he is a household name around here.
When deciding on this theme, I couldn't help thinking how you - my favorite Carrara artist - would deal with it. I've never seen you do a pinup.
Perhaps I just missed them in the past?
Headwax Posts: 9,914
oh I used to run a blog and most of my visitors were women artists and I didnt want to appear sexist so I have avoided the subject by habit :)
you can never tread too carefully in some things
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WIP Halloween
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Pinup Orc
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Bunyip02 Posts: 7,430
Bikini time
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UnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588head wax said:
oh I used to run a blog and most of my visitors were women artists and I didnt want to appear sexist so I have avoided the subject by habit :)
you can never tread too carefully in some things
OK, this post struck a chord. Are you sure that these ladies - who are artists - would have their sensibilities offended by a standard pinup? Or is it fear of political correctness regarding treating women as objects?
You know your visitors (fans) bettter than I, but I think that most women (especially women artists) are open to attractive expressions of the human figure.
Plus, it is a fact that some of the most famous and sought-after pinup artists from the past (and present) are women. They seem to me more like strong female role models than anything else. All of them are versed in multiple genres and artistic techniques. They don't apologize for their pinup work, and I think you will agree, there is no reason for them to do so.
In the last century, there was Joyce Ballantyne (who also created the famous Coppertone ad), Pearl Frush, and Zoe Mozert. There was also the luminous paintings of Mabel Rollins Harris, an artist in the 1930's who was equally at home illustrating children's books as she was in showing the female figure in all it's glory (you'll have to Google her, as most of her adult artwork was nudes). And of course, Olivia De Berardinis, who took over for Vargas in Playboy.
Images from each are posted below.
Fortunately, Olivia is still going strong, leading the next generation of talented gals who have kept the comic-fantasy-pinup fires lit. Today we see fabulous work from Fiona Stephenson, Jennifer Janseko, Susan Heidi, Nathalie Rattner, and Carla Wyzgala. A sample of their work is also posted below. Within this post, I thought it would be nice to post some pictures of the actual artists as well:
Fiona Stephenson Her twitter feed is well worth a look
Jennifer Janesco
Susan Heidi
Carla Wyzgala
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Bunyip02 Posts: 7,430
Carrara setup
Base render after Topaz Adjust used for colour correction.
NPR - used combination of Filter Forge and FotoSketcher
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Diomede Posts: 14,968
UB and HW - The forum TOS seems to address these issues. Lets all try to be reasonable, and if the Mods have to step in for some rare and exceptional reason, lets try to be understanding of their role, and make changes as required. Copied and pasted from the forum TOS link. Will comment on Joyce Ballantyne in second post.
Gallery and Posted Image Conduct
- Images may not show genitals, or the bare groin or buttocks, of humanoid figures. Images of female humanoids may not show the breasts.
- Any image that conflicts with the nature of this forum or is found to be inappropriate for the forum's wide audience will be removed and the author notified.
- Images will not display the act of sexual copulation, masturbation, or oral sex.
- Images that may be considered sexually suggestive will be reviewed by the staff of this site as to its appropriateness for inclusion in the Gallery.
- Daz 3D retains the rights to remove any image(s) for any reason.
- Images will not display rape, torture, or the act of physical mutilation.
- Images that may appear gratuitously violent will be reviewed by the staff of this site for its appropriateness for inclusion in the gallery.
- Images that contain depictions of children are especially sensitive and will be reviewed even more strictly than other such images.
- Images that may be considered as an attack on a person or their beliefs will be reviewed for its appropriateness in the gallery.
- This gallery is intended for works of art only and not for advertising purposes. Any image that can be construed as a "product shot" may be removed at the discretion of the staff. However, a listing of the products used in an image is acceptable and encouraged. Products used in the creation of gallery images that are for sale at http://www.daz3d.com will be shown with active links. Products used that are not available from http://www.daz3d.com will not be linked to.
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Joyce Ballantyne sometimes used herself as her model. Nice way to save money. In my opinion, her work entitled, Of Course, You Have to Use Your Imagination, would be very, very, very tame if posted to the Daz gallery. I think my second entry will have to be something in her framework.
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Diomede Posts: 14,968
Vyusur - fun video, I was fooled. I used your Lukas character for Frazetta last month, might see how he looks in a kilt holding a bag of celery this month.
HeadWax - Ernie better worry about the animal rights folks if he mistreats his snake in public.
Bunyip - wow, again, you are on speed dial. Impressive already. Of the three, I like NPR the best (because you know I like NPR), then bikini time, then the orc pinup. The orc could use a little more contrast with the background, in my view.
UnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588Diomede said:
UB and HW - The forum TOS seems to address these issues. Lets all try to be reasonable, and if the Mods have to step in for some rare and exceptional reason, lets try to be understanding of their role, and make changes as required.
Are you trying to create some controversy? I'll go along with it if it gets us more entries. :)
Not sure why you think TOS is a factor in my post. I try to deal with facts. Daz is a pinup haven. I have outlined very clearly in the first post what the constraints are in the Challenge, and they are perfectly aligned with TOS. My comment was more about the acceptance of pinups as legitimate art. In responding to HW, I was wondering about the need to be cautious when discussing or displaying pinups online when female artists were present. I wondered aloud if it was necessary, or if it was unnecessary political correctness, given in part that female artists are solidly entrenched in the pinup field. I posted pictures of these gals because I admire them for their talent and accomplishments. That was it.
Are any female artists here offended by pinup art?
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Note - I changed General Rule #1. Before, if you entered 3 images, they had to each be in different categories - PR, NPR, or Halloween. The change is, now you can enter 2 images in a single category, but if you enter a third one, it has to be in one of the other categories.
Technically, it means that you can now enter 3 PhotoReal images, as long as one is Halloween. The same goes for NonPhotoReal.
Hope that is clear!
UnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588
Hey Bunyip,
I liked all three, and I hope that you don't mind some comments. Feel free to ignore, for sure.
I think that the Orc render violates the first rule of pinups, that the model has to be physically attractive. Of couse, I might feel differently if I was an orc.
The Bikini Time render had all the elements of a good PR render - attractiveness, pose, and facial expression. The lighting is good - but can it be better? Her face is kind of dark. Plus, the background is so real, that it makes me more critical of her costume and hair. Something about them doesn't look right to me. High realism in PR images is difficult to pull off - the flaws are noticed but difficult to explain sometimes. I'm not sure that I could do as well, so I congratulate you on your efforts. Please keep working on it. We now have a Challenge designed for the realistic human figure geeks, and I hope that a few show up to share their secrets. PhilW? Margaremoto? Are you folks out there?
Your third render, NPR, has a cool environment. Can you make the facial expression more clear, and central to the image? Can you do a more provocative pose? Most of the time, I just want to see a sexier image, and that is sometimes hard to define!
Chohole Posts: 33,604UnifiedBrain said:
Are any female artists here offended by pinup art?
Not if you include some male pinups as well


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Yesterday, HP finally delivered an iPad competitor I can get excited about, not just by creating an elegant piece of hardware, but by taking a step back and outthinking their competition. Unlike the iPad, the TouchPad is part of a seamless technology ecosystem that also encompasses smartphones, PCs and printers, all running the same operating system and sharing through the same wireless infrastructure.
Printing, file-sharing, synchronization and even charging just work without cables or configuration. It's clever stuff, and only a company like HP – with well-accepted products in virtually every technology market segment – could have pulled it off. Not only does the TouchPad run their recently-acquired WebOS; so do their Palm Pre phones, and so will their desktops and laptops.
Before the iPad, tablets were a jokey afterthought in the gamut of home devices, largely governed by Bill Gates's pen-bound vision for how those devices should behave, and Apple's previous failure with the Newton. With the iPad, Apple turned them into a must-have accessory that made most domestic computing tasks easier. The 3G version beat expectations by eschewing contracts, making mobile Internet use both more attractive and affordable. As soon as it launched, it seemed like a wonderful progression. I love mine: it's been used to write code, fix servers, write and read articles, read entire novels, watch movies and kill time on the plane. It's not that I couldn't do without it. I wouldn't want to – even despite the crashing applications, slow sync times and horrible iTunes user experience.
But competition in the market is healthy for consumers. It drives prices down, quality up, and gives us all choices. But for some reason, nobody's managed to provide a satisfactory competitor to the iPad. This may relate to the app store model: because Apple takes 30% of all app store sales, it can sell its devices at a lower margin than its competitors. Android tablets, on the other hand, really need to use the Android Market, which is shared between them – and while cellphone carriers get a cut, tablet manufacturers don't. That means, for example, that the Motorola Xoom will cost $799 – $300 more than the cheapest iPad. Because everyone expects the Apple device to be at the top end of the market, Android offerings need to be priced below it, particularly when they're directly competing feature-for-feature. It's beginning to seem like this might be impossible.
What's cool about the HP offering is that it doesn't just create competition: it actually makes the iPad look clunky, which is something nobody else has managed yet. What's more, they have an Apple-like advantage in their homegrown App Catalog, and by including printers, they've brought ink cartridges into the pricing ecosystem, so the up-front cost should be low. The seamless wireless integration between devices makes it perfect for business as well as home use, and WebOS's reliance on web technologies makes it attractive to developers like me.
That's the key. It's not just that I'm excited to use them; HP have made me excited about developing for WebOS devices. Taken in conjunction with Android's growing dominance, not to mention the rumor of two new iPads before December, it's going to be a very interesting year.
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On Reddit.com there's a recent post with a growing discussion about character encodings in PHP applications (with some various recommendations).
I would rather not have to convert these weird characters to the HTML character entities, if possible. I'd rather be able to use these characters directly on the web page. If this is for some reason a bad idea, let me know. This might be more of a general web design question (i already posted it there), but I figured it is still appropriate to post here as well since PHP is used to pull an entry from the database, and I figured a lot of you here would know the answer to the question.
The general consensus is to use UTF8 in this case, but there's a few reminders for the poster too:
- Don't forget to make the database UTF8 too
- Be sure you're sending the right Content-Type for the UTF8 data
- an link to an article about what "developers must know about unicode/charactersets"


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Learn to manufacture your own solenoids and then use them to play the xylophone by watching the tutorial video after the break. [Humberto Evans] and the team at Nerd Kits do a great job of not only manufacturing the coils, but the xylophone itself. The bars are machined from some aluminum stock and they take you down the rabbit hole with they why's and how's of engineering the keys.
We're unlikely to replicate this machining process but the solenoids are another story all together. Starting at about 3:30 you can learn about designing, building, and using these little marvels. They're basically an electromagnetic cuff with a metal slug in the middle. The solenoid seen above uses a body milled from HDPE and wrapped with magnet wire. The slug in the center is steel, with a few rare-earth magnets at the top. When you run current through the coil it repulses the magnets on the slug, witch then strikes the xylophone key. Using a MOSFET and a protection diode, actuating them is as simple as sending a digital high from your microcontroller of choice.
We've seen solenoids used to play a vibrophone before, but those were commercial units. Making your own hardware is far more hardcore.


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if_nametoindex(3socket) [opensolaris man page]
if_nametoindex(3SOCKET) Sockets Library Functions if_nametoindex(3SOCKET) NAME
if_nametoindex, if_indextoname, if_nameindex, if_freenameindex - routines to map Internet Protocol network interface names and interface indexes SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lsocket [ library... ] #include <net/if.h> unsigned int if_nametoindex(const char *ifname); char *if_indextoname(unsigned int ifindex, char *ifname); struct if_nameindex *if_nameindex(void) void if_freenameindex(struct if_nameindex *ptr); PARAMETERS
ifname interface name ifindex interface index ptr pointer returned by if_nameindex() DESCRIPTION
This API defines two functions that map between an Internet Protocol network interface name and index, a third function that returns all the interface names and indexes, and a fourth function to return the dynamic memory allocated by the previous function. Network interfaces are normally known by names such as eri0, sl1, ppp2, and the like. The ifname argument must point to a buffer of at least IF_NAMESIZE bytes into which the interface name corresponding to the specified index is returned. IF_NAMESIZE is defined in <net/if.h> and its value includes a terminating null byte at the end of the interface name. if_nametoindex() The if_nametoindex() function returns the interface index corresponding to the interface name pointed to by the ifname pointer. If the specified interface name does not exist, the return value is 0, and errno is set to ENXIO. If there was a system error, such as running out of memory, the return value is 0 and errno is set to the proper value, for example, ENOMEM. if_indextoname() The if_indextoname() function maps an interface index into its corresponding name. This pointer is also the return value of the function. If there is no interface corresponding to the specified index, NULL is returned, and errno is set to ENXIO, if there was a system error, such as running out of memory, if_indextoname() returns NULL and errno would be set to the proper value, for example, ENOMEM. if_nameindex() The if_nameindex() function returns an array of if_nameindex structures, one structure per interface. The if_namein- dex structure holds the information about a single interface and is defined when the <net/if.h> header is included: struct if_nameindex unsigned int if_index; /* 1, 2, ... */ char *if_name; /* "net0", ... */ }; While any IPMP IP interfaces are returned by if_nameindex(), the underlying IP interfaces that comprise each IPMP group are not returned. The end of the array of structures is indicated by a structure with an if_index of 0 and an if_name of NULL. The function returns a null pointer upon an error and sets errno to the appropriate value. The memory used for this array of structures along with the interface names pointed to by the if_name members is obtained dynamically. This memory is freed by the if_freenameindex() function. if_freenameindex() The if_freenameindex() function frees the dynamic memory that was allocated by if_nameindex(). The argument to this function must be a pointer that was returned by if_nameindex(). ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsl (32-bit) | | |SUNWcslx (64-bit) | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
ifconfig(1M), if_nametoindex(3XNET), attributes(5), if(7P) SunOS 5.11 28 Jan 2009 if_nametoindex(3SOCKET)


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Magnetic Field Therapy
Topic Overview
What is magnetic field therapy?
Magnetic field therapy uses magnets to maintain health and treat illness.
The human body and the earth naturally produce electric and magnetic fields. Electromagnetic fields also can be technologically produced, such as radio and television waves. Practitioners of magnetic field therapy believe that interactions between the body, the earth, and other electromagnetic fields cause physical and emotional changes in humans. They also believe that the body's electromagnetic field must be in balance to maintain good health.
Practitioners apply magnetic field therapy to the outside of the body. The magnets may be:
- Electrically charged, to deliver an electrical pulse to the treated area.
- Used with acupuncture needles, to treat energy pathways in the body.
- Static (not electrically charged) and stationary on the treated area for periods of time, to deliver continuous treatment.
What is magnetic field therapy used for?
Some people use magnet therapy for treating pain, such as foot, back, or joint pain.
Research studies have been done on magnets, but there are not consistent results showing that magnets help with pain relief.footnote 1
Is magnetic field therapy safe?
Young children and pregnant women should not use magnetic field therapy, because the safety of this therapy is not proved. People who have medical devices or implants with a magnetic field, such as a pacemaker, should not use magnet therapy, because it could interfere with the function of the implant.
Magnet therapy is not thought to have negative side effects or complications when it is combined with conventional medical treatment.
Talk with your doctor about any complementary health practice that you would like to try or are already using. Your doctor can help you manage your health better if he or she knows about all of your health practices.
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (2008, updated 2013). Magnets. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. https://nccih.nih.gov/health/magnet/magnetsforpain.htm. Accessed April 11, 2016.
Other Works Consulted
- Murray MT (2013). Osteoarthritis. In JE Pizzorno, MT Murray, eds., Textbook of Natural Medicine, 4th ed., pp. 1651–1661. St. Louis: Elsevier.
- Weintraub M, et al. (2008). Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Pain Management. New York: Springer.
Current as of: April 9, 2019
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Medical Review:Adam Husney MD – Family Medicine & Kathleen M. Fairfield MD, MPH, DrPH – Internal Medicine
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A diphthong (pronounced "DIF-thong" or "DIP-thong") is a vowel where the speaker has to move their mouth into two different positions to make. It is a vowel where two different vowel qualities can be heard.[1] Examples are: waist, die, noise, road, house, fierce, bear, sure. Each of these is a different vowel sound.
A monophthong is a simple vowel sound that a person does not have to move his or her mouth to make, like the "oo" sound in "book." In a diphthong, the person combines two different monophthongs, as with the "oi" sound in the word "oil". The speaker starts with the mouth in the position to make an "o" sound, then quickly moves the mouth to make a hard "e" sound. Another example is the "ou" sound in the word "house". The mouth starts out making a sound like the soft "a" sound in "flat", then moves to make the a hard "oo" sound like the one in "caboose".
Just like with every other part of language, the exact way to pronounce a diphthong is a little different for different accents.
The word diphthong is derived from the old Greek language. Here, di means two or double, while the part -phthong means sound or tone, from the basic word phthalein, which means speak, creating sound by the voice.
A diphthong can be a lexeme of a language and as such it may be one syllable, but rarely.
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- ↑ Crystal, David (1995). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (First ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 237. ISBN 9780521401791.


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Jill Stein on Foreign PolicyGreen Party presidential nominee; Former Challenger for MA Governor |
ROMNEY: I think the tension that existed between Israel and the United States was very unfortunate.
STEIN: We're seeing the candidates very similar to each other. They're both vowing their obedience to the right-wing government in Israel. And they are both saying that they will stop at nothing, but that war will be the last result. So, once again, we're seeing shades of gray here between the Democratic and Republican candidates, but we're not seeing what the American people really need and what international security really needs. And in fact, I should add that this slave-like mentality towards Israel is absolutely unjustified. We need to start raising the bar for Israel and holding them to an equal standard for supporting human rights and international law and ending occupations and illegal settlements and apartheid.
STEIN: The tragedy in Libya, I think, is a very good case in point that really shows how this "get tough" international policy has really been extremely unproductive, has really produced the opposite effect of what was intended. And we're seeing this now not only in Libya, but in the demonstrations against U.S. embassies across the Middle East, in the fact that the Afghanistan army is shooting at U.S. soldiers. The war effort really is not being turned over to an Afghan army. The Afghan army itself has a very high desertion rate. We need a foreign policy based not on "tough guy" militarism, but on international law and respect for human rights, not on wars for oil.
A: Yes.
Q: Should the U.S. intervene in the affairs of other countries?
A: No, we should oppose wars of aggression and entangling alliances with other nations
A: Israel/Palestine is a microcosm of broader US foreign policy principles, and our foreign policy needs to come into harmony with principles of human rights, nonviolent conflict resolution and a respect for international law--which haven't been there at all in Israel/Palestine and more globally. So, in Israel/Palestine, we need to start holding all parties accountable. All of the various factions responsible in Palestine and in Israel, for stopping human rights violations, so that assassinations are not accepted, so that apartheid is not accepted etc. We need to ask all parties to come up to the same standards of respect of human rights. We need to stop, in particular, being Israel's enabler of being the more powerful prohibitor of human rights. Occupation is unacceptable.
A: On that scale, a multilateralist. We cannot afford to be the unilateral policemen of the world enforcing our own interest. We are a member of a very integrated world community and world economy and we need to behave accordingly.


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You're aware, I'm sure, that the word Advent means coming and during this season, we're celebrating a coming of God into our midst in a very powerful and special way. First of all, we're looking forward to celebrate the coming of Jesus that happened 2,000 years ago when the Son of God became part of human history, became a human just like us in every way except sin.
God entered into our midst; that's part of what we celebrate in Advent. Also as the gospel suggests, we're looking forward to that final coming of Jesus when he will come to establish the reign of God in its fullness and all of us will enter into a complete, full life of joy and peace and love and all of the universe will be brought to a completion, a perfection. We're looking to that coming.
December 2, 2012 First Sunday of Advent (Cycle C) |
Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2 Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 |
If we listen to the scripture lessons today carefully, we discover how God is telling us about these comings of God into our midst. In that first lesson from Jeremiah, as I mentioned, Jeremiah was with the people in exile and that was a very difficult time of great suffering. He kept assuring them that God is with you; God will bring you through this trial and God did. Then after they're back in their own land -- they rebuilt the temple and so on -- Jeremiah continues to preach only he begins to look forward to a new intervention of God in their midst.
As we hear in these words, "In those days and at that time, I shall fulfill the gracious promise that I made in favor of Israel and Judah. In those days and at that time I will make him who is the shoot of righteousness sprout from David's line. He will practice justice and righteousness in the land. In those days, Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. You will be called God our Justice." Jeremiah is looking forward in a vague way, but a real way to this shoot of David.
He's thinking of the line of David, the great king, as a tree and that a new shoot is going to spring from that tree. It will be the perfect Messiah. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem too. The one to come is called God our Justice. As we hear those words today and we look back on who came -- Jesus, we see how clearly God came into our midst as a God of righteousness, a God of justice. In the gospel again, we hear about that second coming of God.
It can seem very frightening especially as Jesus describes the turmoil, the distress, and all the terrible things that could be happening as our universe undergoes this extraordinary change and all of us are brought into a complete union with God. He's looking forward to that second coming of Jesus. These are the two things that we celebrate as we celebrate this season of Advent preparing to celebrate with joy how God comes into our midst, the Son of God becomes one of us.
It's almost unbelievable that God would enter into human history and become one like us in every way except sin. We also look to that final coming with hope and with joy, not with fear. We don't know when that's going to happen and so we have this time in-between in which we're living right now and what does God expect of us during this time?
God expects us to try to deepen our commitment to be a disciple, a follower of Jesus Christ because Jesus came into this world as the Son of God but also one like us in every way to transform our world. You may remember at the very beginning of his public life Jesus proclaimed, "The reign of God is at hand." This fullness of God's reign is about to happen. "Change your lives," Jesus says. He's preaching to us what to do in this in-between time. Change your life because God's reign is about to break forth in this fullness.
We have to be ready; we have to become a part of that mission of Jesus to transform our world into this reign of God where there will be righteousness and justice. In fact, Jesus himself in the Gospel of Luke (a very familiar passage -- I'm sure you'll remember it as you hear it) after he had gone off into the desert and fasted for 40 days and 40 nights, went through those terrible temptations, and then came back to Nazareth, his home town, he went into the synagogue and they gave him the scroll to read.
He stood up, unrolled the scroll and read it. Remember what he read from the prophet Isaiah, chapter 61: "The Spirit of God is upon me. The Spirit sends me to proclaim good news to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to set the downtrodden free. Proclaim God's Year of Jubilee of fullness of life." That was a very special time in the Jewish calendar -- the Year of Jubilee -- every 50 years.
This would be the time of Jubilee forever. A time of Jubilee was a time when all debts were forgiven. Everyone had a chance to, in a sense, start over. It was a time when people shared everything they had and lived together in a common beautiful life. That was the Year of Jubilee. Jesus proclaims these words of Isaiah, but then he says, "This day this scripture passage is fulfilled, even as you listen." So as you hear those words, Jesus is saying, "I'm here to do this. That's why I came -- to proclaim good news for the poor who are the vast majority of people in our world."
Jesus is come to reach out to them and to heal the brokenhearted, to be merciful, kind, and compassionate to anyone who is hurting in any way, to set the downtrodden free, to make justice happen so people aren't exploited and treated in dehumanizing and unjust ways. Then again, that Year of Jubilee he says, "That's why I came." All of us have declared ourselves through our baptism and our confirmation that we want to follow Jesus.
We want to be his disciples and so isn't it obvious we have to carry on his work. We have to enter into this mission of Jesus to transform our world. Yesterday evening, I had a confirmation ceremony at a church of St. John and St. Paul here in the archdiocese of Detroit and as often happens for confirmations, the candidates had been asked to write letters stating why they wanted to be confirmed to see if they really had insights into what this confirmation meant in their lives.
These kids are 14 and 15-year-old ninth graders in high school. They write the letter to me and so I read through them. This time I found a couple of letters that I found especially insightful. This is a 15-year-old youngster declaring, "I'm ready for the sacrament because I truly understand the meaning of it and I am prepared. The meaning of confirmation to me is that I am saying 'yes' to God." Isn't that marvelous?
This youngster, a teenager, is saying, my whole life now I'm saying "yes" to God. That's what all of us have done through our confirmation if we've taken it seriously. Another youngster wrote, "I think that confirmation is when someone is fully accepted into their own religion. It is also one step closer to being with God and becoming a complete disciple of Jesus." Have we thought of that -- being a complete disciple of Jesus, carrying on his work?
Here's the one that I thought was really extraordinary. This youngster says, "In order for me to live as a Catholic, I expect myself to attend Mass and become involved in my community and live a life that demonstrates that I wish to follow the way of Jesus given to me as the guide for me to follow." Then he says, "I feel committed to the church and as an individual who is others-directed enough that I wish to live my life for others and for the common good. I hope to do something with my life that makes a difference in the world."
Isn't that a marvelous thing for a teenager to be saying, "Yes, I want to live for others. I want to live a life in such a way that I make a difference in the world. I enter into the work of Jesus." That's what all of us are called to do and that's what should happen during this in-between time. Jesus came 2,000 years ago. Jesus will come again. During the in-between time, we carry on his work.
It's a difficult task and difficult challenge, but if 15-year-old youngsters can make it their commitment, I hope every one of us here in this church can also make that my commitment, that I will follow Jesus. I will enter into his mission, his work and make the world a better place by making justice happen, bringing peace wherever I go or wherever I am. Finally, perhaps it would help us if we now and later listened again to the prayer that Saint Paul makes for all of us.
He prays for all of us this morning, "May Jesus increase more and more your love for each other and for all people as Jesus increases our love." Paul is speaking for you, "May Jesus strengthen you interiorly to be holy and blameless before God on the day that Jesus our Lord will come with all his saints." That's a beautiful prayer that Paul makes. We all need to take it to heart and try to bring about the change in our lives that will make that prayer fulfilled for each of us.
[Bishop Gumbleton preached this homily at St. Hilary Parish, Redford, Mich.]


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WEST NEW YORK — Officials reacted to the arrest of a contractor who allegedly attempted to bribe the town fire code official to suppress $8.7 million fire code fines.
According to a statement issued by U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman, the owner of a general contracting company in West New York was arrested at home in North Bergen on May 21 by special agents of the FBI.
Victor Coca, 48, of North Bergen, is charged by criminal complaint with one count of paying a bribe to a local government agent.
According to the complaint, two West New York buildings – one owned by Coca and one owned by a friend of his – had outstanding fines for fire code violations. Coca's friend's building – called "Building 1" in the complaint – had approximately $14,500 in fines, and Coca's building – called "Building 2" in the complaint – had approximately $8.73 million in outstanding fines and penalties.
Coca allegedly wanted to pay a West New York Bureau of Fire Prevention official – who is cooperating with the government – cash bribes to reduce or eliminate the outstanding fines, paying $2,000 to eliminate the $14,500 debt on Building one. For Building 2, Coca allegedly paid a $5,000 cash bribe to the official, making the amount due to the West New York Bureau of Fire Prevention only the initial fine amount of $5,000.
"The actions taken by the town fire code official are praise worthy and what should be expected of those we entrust to serve the public," said Mayor Felix Roque.
Freeholder Jose Munoz also praised the fire code official in a statement.
The charge carries maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gain or loss from the offense.


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Frost: Upon command, a frost weapon is sheathed in icy cold. The cold does not harm the wielder. The effect remains until another command is given. A frost weapon deals an extra 1d6 points of cold damage on a successful hit. Bows, crossbows, and slings so crafted bestow the cold energy upon their ammunition.
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"What the…!?!" One moment you're trudging through a snowfield and the next you run smack dab into a wall of snow. There aren't supposed to be any walls out here, right?
Three friends and I had set off on telemark skis from the top of the lift at Tsugaike Ski Resort in Nagano on our way toward the hills of Hakuba Norikura-dake, known to locals as "Haku-Nori." The field of vision was still fairly decent as we arrived at Tenguhara, the midway point, and we sat down for a short break. However, visibility soon took a turn for the worse, so we made the decision to pass up "Haku-Nori" and make our way down the mountain.
As we began our descent, visibility went to zero, and I took a spill. Unable to differentiate between sky and land, it was definitely a "white out." Without hearing, I am forced to rely on my sense of sight to take in the world around me. However, there was no color, form or borderlines to distinguish even the snow from fog. It was simply pure white.
Without a sense of anything, save for your own existence, the elements required for decision-making are eliminated. It's as if you have been flung into a weightless world of space, void of all sense of life. Fear grips you as you consider what might happen if you don't get out of the situation. For deaf people who unconsciously establish their position and existence from a sense of sight, this "white out" is really a "white darkness." It was a painful reminder of the importance of sight.
I soon experienced my first sense of relief as an icy cold hit my cheeks, the "white darkness" providing a new twist on what should have been a very normal sensation. I had regained one of the five senses – the sense of touch. I intuitively made the decision to wait for one of my friends, at which point I felt another gust of wind, the temperature of which was spectacular.
Had I been traveling under blue skies, the biting cold of the snow and the crispness of the wind would have likely been lost on me. The experience allowed me to appreciate my surroundings in a new way as nature had sharpened my senses.


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The Washington Post is "close" to adding a paywall to its online edition, joining the pay model The New York Times has implemented, the Post itself reported.
The newspaper is likely to add a paywall in the middle of next year, using a system that allows readers unfettered access to a certain number of monthly articles, and then requests payment after those are read.
The New York Times started charging for online content in March 2011 and now has nearly 600,000 digital subscribers, a move toward re-establishing a steady subscriber base in the digital age as print readers have steadily declined.
The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Los Angeles Times also have pay models.
The Post has suffered from losses in advertising and circulation like most broadsheet newspapers, but has been additionally hit by problems in its once-highly profitable Kaplan education division.
The New York Times experiment has been significant, since it is a general news publication, not specifically focused at a business readership like the two others. The Times has managed to add online subscribers without losing major web readership or print subscriptions.
The paper has not confirmed the report, and a spokeswoman for the paper declined to coment to TheWrap.
The company managed a third-quarter profit this year with revenue flat as its education division continued to struggle. The newspaper-publishing arm posted a 4.3% decline in revenue to $137.3 million, with print advertising declining 11% to $51.4 million.
Revenue generated by the company's newspaper online publishing activities, primarily washingtonpost.com and the online magazine Slate, was a relative bright spot, rose 13% to $26.9 million for the third quarter.